In the Event of Love

Written by Courtney Kae

Narrated by Melissa Moran

With her career as a Los Angeles event planner imploding after a tabloid blowup, Morgan Ross isn't headed home for the holidays so much as in strategic retreat. Breathtaking mountain vistas, quirky townsfolk, and charming small businesses aside, her hometown of Fern Falls is built of one heartbreak on top of another . . .

Take her one-time best friend turned crush, Rachel Reed. The memory of their perfect, doomed first kiss is still fresh as new-fallen snow. Way fresher than the freezing mud Morgan ends up sprawled in on her very first day back, only to be hauled out via Rachel's sexy new lumberjane muscles acquired from running her family tree farm.

When Morgan discovers that the Reeds' struggling tree farm is the only thing standing between Fern Falls and corporate greed destroying the whole town's livelihood, she decides she can put heartbreak aside to save the farm by planning her best fundraiser yet. She has all the inspiration for a spectacular event: delicious vanilla lattes, acoustic guitars under majestic pines, a cozy barn surrounded by brilliant stars. But she and Rachel will ABSOLUTELY NOT have a heartwarming holiday happy ending. That would be as unprofessional as it is unlikely. Right?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Aug 30, 2022
• ISBN: 9798765009161

Courtney Kae

Courtney Kae (she/they) is the author of sweet and steamy romance novels that give her queer little heart great joy. She lives in Southern California with her family, cats, and dehydrated houseplants. Find her on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok at @court_kae and online at CourtneyKaeBooks.com.

Reviews for In the Event of Love

[Christy B · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I thought it was quite cute and sweet. I've been bingeing audiobooks and I stayed up until 3am listening because I was so invested. A story about childhood friendship broken because of misunderstanding and bad timing. Now that they're older it's time for that second chance. I've actually listened to the audiobook twice because I enjoyed it so much.

[Ekene Ogbue · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

It did what it said it would do
Give me Hallmark holiday feels with a sapphic couple. Overall very cute

[Christian Hood · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This book delivers pretty well on all it's queer Hallmark Holiday movie promises, but when compared with some other queer rom-coms I've read this year falls a little bit flat in terms of its characters, dialogue, and plot. The main character sounds a little bit whiny throughout most of the book (and I think part of that is to do with the audio narrator) especially when things aren't going her way. I also think this could have benefited from doing a dual POV with the main love interest b/c I really would have preferred to get to know her a little bit better and know more about her side of the story. Beyond that a lot of the dialogue was just cliche bordering on cringy sometimes. Despite all that I did enjoy the book and I think it accomplished its mission, & gave me pretty much exactly what I expected. It's definitely worth a read if you're looking for a cute queer holiday rom-com.